Śrīmad Bhāgavata 1.15.32

Synonyms

niśamya — hearing [śrutvā¹⁷⁷]; mārgam — [of] the path [or the course (padavīm), meaning the skillful arrangement of events (cāturya paripāṭīm);¹⁷⁸ or of the manner of His return to His own abode (sva-dhāma-gamana-prakāram)¹⁷⁹]; bhagavat — [adopted by] Bhagavān [Śrī Kṛṣṇa (śrī kṛṣṇasya)]; ca — and; saṁsthām — [of] the destruction [(nāśam), in terms of the outward condition (tad-bahir-daśāyām), or of “the perfect establishment” (sam-sthām, i.e., samyak-sthiti) in terms of their own intrinsic condition (svāntar-daśāyām), by virtue of reentering the aprakaṭa-prakāśa]; yadu-kulasya — of the Yadu dynasty; [and recollecting Nārada’s prophetic words (nāradoktam anusmṛtya)¹⁸⁰]; yudhiṣṭhiraḥ — King Yudhiṣṭhira; nibhṛta-ātmā — being firmly resolute in mind [(niścala-cittaḥ);¹⁸¹ or whose internal thought processes remained concealed to others (anyālakṣita-citta-vyāpāraḥ)]; cakre — fixed; matim — his intent; pathāya — upon the path; svaḥ — [leading to] Kṛṣṇa’s own abode [(śrī kṛṣṇa-dhāma-pathaṁ gantam)¹⁸²].

Hearing of the course adopted by Bhagavān [Śrī Kṛṣṇa] and of the destruction of the Yadu dynasty, King Yudhiṣṭhira, being firmly resolute in mind, fixed his intent upon the path leading to Kṛṣṇa’s own abode.

Notes

177Śrīdhara Svāmī.↩

178Unless otherwise indicated, this and the remaining bracketed inserts in verse 32 are Viśvanātha Cakravartī’s comments.↩

179This and the next bracketed insert are Vijayadhvaja Tīrtha’s comments.↩

180Śrīdhara Svāmī. This is once again a reference to SB 1.13.49.↩

181Śrīdhara Svāmī.↩

182Viśvanātha Cakravartī comments here that the fact that Yudhiṣṭhira’s intent was fixed on attaining Krsna’s own abode (indicated here by the word svaḥ) is confirmed by the words bhagavat-pārśva-kāmāḥ in the later statement of the sages to Parīkṣit: “O best of the royal sages, this [detachment] is not at all surprising for you [Pāṇḍavas], who are completely devoted to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and who, ‘out of eagerness to attain proximity to Bhagāvan’ (bhagavat-pārśva-kāmāḥ), at once abandoned the imperial throne that was honored by the crowns of innumerable kings” (SB 1.19.20). He adds that by upalakṣaṇa, or “synecdochical implication” (in this case, taking the part as representative of the whole), the statement made here about Yudhiṣṭhira actually refers to all the Pāṇḍavas, each of whom fixed their intent in the same manner.↩

SB 1.15.32

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